Quiet Unfolding | Bahar Enshaeian
Through photography, Bahar Enshaeian unravels the intricate layers of memory, identity, and belonging. Rooted in personal experience, her work speaks to the complexities of migration, displacement, and the search for home. Blending photographs with ephemeral objects, Enshaeian creates a rich narrative that traces the emotional and cultural currents of life between Iran and Canada—glimpses of fleeting moments, intimate spaces, and evolving relationships that reveal how memory takes shape within and between movement and distance.
Language plays a central role in her practice; Persian and English exist alongside one another, marking the duality of her experience. Weaving together her personal story with broader, shared narratives of migration, Enshaeian’s work forges a space between the deeply personal and the universally resonant. Transcending records of time and place, her photographs become meditations on longing, adaptation, and the ways in which we construct a sense of belonging when “home” is no longer singular but expansive and fluid.
Bahar Enshaeian, Quiet Unfolding (installation view), 2025, inkjet prints on heavyweight bond paper and varied objects, 61 × 78.7 cm. Courtesy of the artist
This exhibition marks the culmination of two years of work in the University of Guelph’s Master of Fine Arts program. The Art Gallery of Guelph’s annual exhibitions of graduating MFA students are presented in partnership with the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph.
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